Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress who was born in Tehran and raised in London before studying in the United States, where she eventually moved from science into acting. Her first major part was Leyla Mir on the daytime serial General Hospital and its spinoff General Hospital: Night Shift, a role that made her the first actor on contract in American daytime television to portray a Middle Eastern character. She later played Nora on How I Met Your Mother, CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on Homeland, and Clare Quayle on Counterpart, the last earning critical praise. On film, she appeared in the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur and in Hotel Mumbai (2018) as Zahra Kashani, a performance nominated for a leading actress prize by AACTA. She also played Bronwyn in the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.